Soviet test yields
- 28 November 1989
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Eos
- Vol. 70 (48) , 1511-1525
- https://doi.org/10.1029/89eo00364
Abstract
Soviet seismologists have published descriptions of 96 nuclear explosions conducted from 1961 through 1972 at the Semipalatinsk test site, in Kazakhstan, central Asia [Bocharov et al., 1989]. With the exception of releasing news about some of their peaceful nuclear explosions (PNEs) the Soviets have never before published such a body of information.To estimate the seismic yield of a nuclear explosion it is necessary to obtain a calibrated magnitude‐yield relationship based on events with known yields and with a consistent set of seismic magnitudes. U.S. estimation of Soviet test yields has been done through application of relationships to the Soviet sites based on the U.S. experience at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), making some correction for differences due to attenuation and near‐source coupling of seismic waves.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Seismic source summary for U.S. underground nuclear explosions, 1971-1973Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 1975
- Seismic source summary for U. S. underground nuclear explosions, 1961-1970Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 1971